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Brains

Creatures theme

Includes beings that resemble little more than exposed brains or otherwise have brain-like appearance as the main or most noticeable feature. Often seen residing inside a jar or equipped with tentacles.

26
games
14
platforms

Alternate name: Brain creatures

Quake II (Windows)
Quake II
WIN 1997-12-06
Quake II (BeOS)
Quake II
BEOS 1998-01-06
Supreme Commander 2 (Windows)
Supreme Commander 2
WIN 2010-03-02
Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds (MS-DOS)
Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds
DOS 1993-01
Unstoppable Gorg (Windows)
Unstoppable Gorg
WIN 2012-01-19
Cortex Command (Windows)
Cortex Command
WIN 2012-09-28
Quake II (Nintendo 64)
Quake II
N64 1999-02-07
Quake II (Amiga AGA)
Quake II
AGA 2002
X-COM: Terror from the Deep (PlayStation)
X-COM: Terror from the Deep
PS1 1996
Supreme Commander 2 (Xbox 360)
Supreme Commander 2
X360 2010-03-16
X-COM: Terror from the Deep (Windows)
X-COM: Terror from the Deep
WIN 1999
Unstoppable Gorg (Mac OS X)
Unstoppable Gorg
OSX 2012-01-19
See also: disembodied heads

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Games by year

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The first Brains video game was released on January 1993.

Activision, Data Realms and Macmillan published most of these games.

Related site

Related trope at TV Tropes (Brain In A Jar)

Platforms

Windows 5
Mac OS X 4
PS 2
MS-DOS 2
Linux 2
X360 2
BeOS 2
Amiga AGA 1
N64 1
GP2X 1
iOS 1
3DO 1
BSD 1
Pandora 1

Most common companies

Activision3
Data Realms3
Macmillan2
Futuremark Games Studio2